Can you do medical exam upfront in a third country? For SDS.

[utojamepark]

Getting an exam before you submit your application
You have the option of getting an exam before you apply. This is called an upfront medical exam. To get one, contact a panel physician directly.

If you took an upfront medical exam
You must include a copy of the IMM 1017B Upfront Medical Report form that the doctor gave you after your exam. If the doctor works with eMedical, they’ll give you an information sheet print out.

You must attach that form to your paper application. If you apply online, you must upload that form before you can submit your application.

This is all I can find on the IRCC webpage, it doesn't specify whether I can do it overseas or not tho.
I am currently stuck overseas (in Canada actually) due to COVID 19 travel restrictions. I have recently received my CAQ and I will fly home next month to apply for study permit through SDS, so I guess doing medical exam upfront is a must anyways. I would like to do it as soon as condition allows to speed up the overall processing time.

Anyone have any knowledge on this? Would it be a disadvantage to my application?

Cheers

 

[scylla]

This is all I can find on the IRCC webpage, it doesn't specify whether I can do it overseas or not tho.
I am currently stuck overseas (in Canada actually) due to COVID 19 travel restrictions. I have recently received my CAQ and I will fly home next month to apply for study permit through SDS, so I guess doing medical exam upfront is a must anyways. I would like to do it as soon as condition allows to speed up the overall processing time.

Anyone have any knowledge on this? Would it be a disadvantage to my application?

Cheers

You can do the medical in any country.

 

[utojamepark]

You can do the medical in any country.

thanks for the reply.
I was told that if I apply for the study permit in a third country, it is easier to get rejected because it is hard to prove my 'country ties'. would doing the medical in third country does the same to my application?

 

[YummyJade]

Heyyy, can we apply SDS in third country?Current in Thailand! Thinking submit documents online while in Thailand and travel back to my home country later this year.thanks

You can do the medical in any country.

 

[itsmecan]

thanks for the reply.
I was told that if I apply for the study permit in a third country, it is easier to get rejected because it is hard to prove my 'country ties'. would doing the medical in third country does the same to my application?

Medicals are only used to determine your current health condition. I believe there is a separate team of medical experts who review and link this to your profile and not VO. So highly doubt they can see where you did your medical from.

 

[wonderbly]

Yo

Heyyy, can we apply SDS in third country?Current in Thailand! Thinking submit documents online while in Thailand and travel back to my home country later this year.thanks

You can only apply SDS if living in the country that is eligible for SDS. What is your current status in Thailand? Are you working/ there or simply visiting? Where is home?

 

[YummyJade]

Yo

You can only apply SDS if living in the country that is eligible for SDS. What is your current status in Thailand? Are you working/ there or simply visiting? Where is home?

WAS under working status, already planning to move back to China, but not so soon because of some reasons.

 

[wonderbly]

WAS under working status, already planning to move back to China, but not so soon because of some reasons.

If you have a residential address in China, and all your supporting documents are from China then I guess it should be fine.

 

[YummyJade]

If you have a residential address in China, and all your supporting documents are from China then I guess it should be fine.

thank you